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Buzz Buys: Intergalactic icons, MLB newcomers, old mags, young WWE stars, iconic ink, Star Trek, Metallica & much more
Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals is to rip a little less and talk more about cardboard that I -- and you -- might like. One way to do that? Simple show and tell -- present a few pick-ups and say why they captured my attention.
So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ...
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The Cards: Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) 2023 Topps Throwback Thursday Star Wars Wave 4 (/3,039)
The Price: About $40 for lot of nine
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: A lot of the online small-set releases from Topps have tempted me the last few years, but at times when I have bit the actual finished product isn't as appealing for my main reason I'd grab something -- issues that hurt if you're grading. This line has been tempting but instead of buying a bundle for a card that jumped out at me (like this one) I instead picked off a singles lot from a re-seller. Why? Again, grading. I was looking back at all of the 1952s for this brand and this one was by far the best of the bunch with the colors and photo. The centering here? About as flawed as the times that annoyed me in the past, but one or two here were decent enough that I'll send one in for grading at some point. They probably won't land top marks but I'd still be fine with a slabbed copy of this one as Dawson is a relative newcomer to Star Wars cards and in a lot of memorable past roles elsewhere.
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This entry was posted in Autograph Collecting, Baseball, Comics, Football, Movies, Non-sports, Pro Wrestling, Toys, Music, Softball, TV, Buzz Buys and tagged Funko Pop!, game-used memorabilia, Jack White, Leaf Trading Cards, Mickey Mantle, MLB, NFL, Nick Swisher, NXT, Panini America, PSA, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Wars, The Walking Dead, Topps, TRISTAR, WWE, 2008 Bowman Chrome, 2016 Topps Chrome Sapphire Edition, 2016 Topps Heritage, Christy Mathewson, ECW, Hank Aaron, Image Comics, Impact Wrestling, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Kurt Angle, Lars Ulrich, Major League, Maryse, Metallica, Michelle Yeoh, Mother's Day, Panini Instant, Panini Rewards, PSA/DNA, Sabu, Shelly Martinez, Skybox, The National, TNA, USA Softball, 2018 Topps WWE Undisputed, Gwen Stefani, Rookie Card, Rosario Dawson, Ruby Riott, Zelina Vega, 2014 Leaf Originals, Ahsoka Tano, AEW, 2019 Topps WWE NXT, Bobby Witt Jr., Chelsea Green, Mac Jones, 2020 Topps Finest WWE, Britt Baker, Shotzi Blackheart, Rhea Ripley, Maxwell Jacob Friedman, 2021 Topps Project70, press kit, Shimmer, 2021 Panini Chronicles, Alex Pardee, 2019 Upper Deck James Bond Collection, Sami Callihan, 2021 Bowman's Best, Ruby Soho, 2022 Panini Prizm WWE, Spencer Strider, Cora Jade, Meg White, The White Stripes, 2022 Panini Select, 2022 Topps Archives, 2022 Panini Chronicles, Tiffany Stratton, 2021 Goodwin Champions, 2022 Panini NXT, 2022 Panini Chronicles WWE, No Doubt, Queen Zelina, WWF Magazine, 2023 Topps Now, Dot Richardson, Rosita, Filsinger Games, CZW, Ariel, Kevin Thorn, Dylan Smith, Brock Selvidge, Calvin Pryor, 2023 Panini Instant WWE, 2023 Topps Throwback Thursday Star Wars, 2023 Topps Throwback Thursday Star Wars Wave 4, 2019 Mile High Card Company National Promos, 2022 Panini Three and Two, 2012 Topps Museum Collection, Chelsea Green & Shotzi Blackheart, Shimmer Wrestling, Interscope Records, Col. Wai Lin, Metallion, 2020 Topps 206 Series 4, 1994 Skybox The Making Of Star Trek: The Next Generation Collector Edition, 1994 Skybox The Making Of Star Trek: The Next Generation Platinum Edition, 2019 Topps On-Demand, The Walking Dead: Here's Negan!, Major League press kit, 2022 Topps Project 70, Cliff Burton on May 13, 2023 by BlowoutBuzz.

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